Politics

Bhubaneswar: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to inaugurate the Odisha Mahotsav in Surat, Gujarat today evening. The grand cultural extravaganza organised by the Odia community residing in Surat will be taking place at Sachin Housing Mausi Maa Temple premises. For the first time CM Naveen Patnaik will visit Surat. Besides, all 13 BJD MLAs from […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to visit Surat in Gujarat today. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani is also set to visit Bhubaneswar today. In a first, Patnaik will personally reach out to around seven lakh Odias settled in Surat city by attending Odisha Mahotsav, an event organized by the community today. Besides the CM, […]

Bhubaneswar: Professor and essayist Dr Ranjita Pradhan from Bhogarai in balasore district joined Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) yesterday. She is the daughter-in-law of well-known historian Manmath Das. Dr Pradhan joined BJP in presence of union minister Dharmendra Pradhan at BJP state office here in Bhubaneswar. Senior party leader and BJP’s national executive member Pratap Sarangi, […]

Hyderabad: Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) of Telengana Rashtriya Samiti sworn as Chief Minister for the second term today. Governor ESL Narshimha conducted the oath ceremony at Raj Bhawan. Shri Mohd Mahmud Ali, was also sworn in as another cabinet minister. The swearing ceremony was held according to the time decided by the head priest Lakhshminarasimha. […]

Bhubaneswar: Pole results in Chhatisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have shown that people still have faith in Congress, pointed out by Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee’s President, Niranjan Patnaik. Patnaik said, People trust the party, as only Congress can give the people what they want. BJP with its saffron attire, money and muscle power struggled hard to […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha state unit of Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) withdrew suspension of three members. All the three members are from Balasore district. Today in a press note BJP spokesman Golak Mohapatra said, Balasore district secretary Bhaba Sankar Mohanty, Block president Sripati Barik and Banamali Das were suspended from the party. However they accepted their mistakes […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Congress for latter’s victories in Assembly Elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhatishgarh. He also congratulated K Chandrasekhar Rao and the Mizo National Front (MNF) for their impressive victories in Telengana and Mizoram respectively. Modi tweeted, Congratulations to the Congress for their victories. Congratulations to KCR Garu for the […]

New Delhi: Though counting for assembly elections in five states are yet to be completed officially, the trends are clearly indicating a major setback for BJP. The counting in Rajasthan, Chhatishgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Telengana and Manipur were completed. Congress played well and gained complete majority in BJP-led states like Rajasthan, and Chhatishgarh. In MP also […]

New Delhi: Young Odia legislator Anubhav Patnaik joined PRS Conference 2018 as a panelist here. He spoke on ‘Building Effective Legislature’ yesterday afternoon. Speaking at the conference, Patnaik stressed on his difficulties to meet expectations of constituents as a first time MLA. He spoke about his initiatives that helped him balance the difficulties with his constitutional mandate. The […]